The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Wallet backups provide a safety net in the event that your device breaks down, is misplaced, or is stolen. Backups should be kept safely in several places, such as encrypted cloud storage or external hard drives. A virtual private network (VPN) can offer an additional layer of encryption and security. Use multisignature wallets.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You often see cyber criminals use newsworthy events as the basis of scams. Using a current event as the pretext of a scam like this lends it a sense of legitimacy; their bogus message doesn’t come out of the blue and there are independent reports that indicate that Revolut could have frozen users’ accounts. Get started.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

As one of our recent blogs discussed, we are entering a new era of business – one that will see wholesale digital transformation drive a digital-first approach by businesses globally. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe. The GDPR effect.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. Probably not.

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OneHub

JULY 18, 2019

Event Logging and Two-Factor Authentication. Event logs track notifications, errors, and events happening in the background of your computer. If you suspect malicious activity within your network, checking your event log is one way to confirm or dismiss your suspicions. Data Encryption. Physical Security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Encryption and access controls for underlying platforms (35% global and U.S.). The easiest path might be to encrypt the entire data lake and employ features that will harden platform security itself, such as authentication, user identity management, access monitoring, security information event management (SIEM) systems, and so forth.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this blog, we look at those principles and explain the steps you can take to meet them. Additionally, you should consider encrypting data or using VPNs where possible. Encryption can greatly reduce the risk of data being compromised in transit, but it will also make sharing data more complex and will require significant resources.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. Policyholders should take advantage of these services, which are often provided complimentary.

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Archive Document Data Storage

JANUARY 2, 2018

In this blog post, we offer our tips for keeping your information safe all year long. Consider using a password manager to help you remember and encrypt your passwords. Make sure that your WiFi network is protected with a strong password and WPA-2 encryption. Update Your Password Strategy. Fortify Your WiFi Network.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s been a year full of predictable and unpredictable incidents alike, and in this blog, we’ve compiled the most memorable stories of 2022. Coca-Cola received an overwhelming majority of the votes, beating out the toy maker Mattel, the online education platform Blackboard, the tech firm Danaher and General Electrics’ aviation subsidiary.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2023

In this blog, we look at seven ways you can avoid physical security threats in the workplace – whether that’s in a traditional office or a remote location. Organisations should also ensure that laptops are password-protected, and that sensitive information stored on portable devices are encrypted. Secure portable devices. Get started.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. Crawley: Pretty much every major cybersecurity event has a CTF with it.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. Crawley: Pretty much every major cybersecurity event has a CTF with it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

In our previous blogs we have discussed the many challenges that organizations face as they are seeking to embrace the Zero Trust security model. The smarter CISOs/CIOs have embraced this challenge and turned it into an opportunity to educate other business stakeholders, and the laggards are almost bound to follow. Encryption.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

They planned a party, coordinated the event, and attended the party within the sim. This article prompted me to buy the new black XL T-shirt you see in the blog. Blog post with (lots of) links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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Data Matters

MARCH 22, 2022

In addition to CISA’s Shields-Up campaign , which we covered in a previous blog post , the White House’s March 21 Fact Sheet stresses the urgency of key cyber hygiene steps including recommendations to: Mandate multi-factor authentication. Encrypt data. Educate the workforce on common attack mechanisms over email and websites.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2022

This signifies that the information sent to and from the website is encrypted, and that’s normally a sign that a website is legitimate. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Why are these attacks so difficult to spot? Get started.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. This essay originally appeared on the RSA Conference blog.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

This is part of the opening monologue of the Ozark series and when I first heard it, I immediately stopped the show and dropped it into this blog post. This is the first time I've mixed these two worlds - my background with real estate and my public blogging life as most readers will know it - but it's important context.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

DV is easy and indeed automation is a cornerstone of Let's Encrypt which is a really important attribute of it. Plus, long-lived certs actually create other risks due to the fact that revocation is broken so iterating quickly (for example, Let's Encrypt certs last for 3 months) is a virtue. and you're right: No EV.

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eDiscovery Daily

JUNE 6, 2018

The shared ledger of encrypted data gives providers a “single source of truth,” according to Emily Vaughn, blockchain product development director at Change Healthcare. All parties can see the same information about a claim in real time, so that a patient or provider won’t have to call multiple parties to verify information.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. But first, how does he describe CTFs? Hammond: Yeah.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. But first, how does he describe CTFs? Hammond: Yeah.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

In particular, Mozilla was instrumental in the birth of Let's Encrypt , the free and open certificate authority that's massively increased the adoption of HTTPS on the web. As HIBP grows, I keep coming back to this question: How can HIBP do good things for people in the wake of bad events? Enabling Anonymous Searches with k-Anonymity.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Everybody's got their own little blog where they post stuff. And that's when we had this kind of great freeze event in Texas where they lost power and all this stuff. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that.

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